Questions for you (amiga-project)

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1. Own motherboard? Sure why not.

2. Let the user decide.

3. No Zorro slots.

4. Include USB, and let the user decide what they want to plug in to it. maybe include an Amiga Mouse/Joysitck to USB adaptor.

5. USB.

6. Why not have the option for both. Since you have USB then the user can decide if they want to buy your custom "Amiga" keybord or use a standard one.

7. Let the user decide on the GFX chipset. For Prototype simply use the cheapest you can get docs for.

8. I like the Original commodore A4KT (Not the Amiga Tech one). But you should let the user decide.

9. If you expect it to sell, the basic MOBO should not be more than £100... a complete "ready to run" system for £500 to £600 is reasonable.

10. You can't use the name Amiga, since Amiga Inc. own it. Call it the 5k :-)

11. bad... a nice chap caleld Steve will hunt you down and hurt you.

12. I refuse to comment.

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xeron wrote:

ikir wrote:
6-92!!!! :-D

Bzzzt! Wrong. As far as I'm aware, this:



is the Amiga keyboard layout with the fewest keys (excluding Amiga 1000), and it clearly has 94. There is another layout with smaller enter and left-shift keys allowing an extra two keys to make 96.

The american & english versions of the Amiga 1000 keyboard had 89 keys:



And a google image search for "Amiga 1000 Keyboard" produces a european version, again with 2 extra keys making 91.

So, the keyboard most people know and love has 94 or 96 keys, and the original short-lived a1000 keyboard has 89 or 91.

So what are you trying to say?


:lol:

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Cymric wrote:

AmiDelf wrote:
Only seriouse answeres will be taken. Please answere. Negative responces to this will be ignored. [... questions snipped ...] We hope to get good answers. All negative sugestions against this project, will be ignored. We want to know what you want. We want to know how this project should go on.

How nice. I'm sure the project is in good hands with an attitude like that.

I think that this is the first time ever, when a community tougether makes a new Amiga. I know that AmigaOne and PegasosII will be good alternatives. But this project aim is to give Amigans what they allways wanted. The NeXT Amiga!

If you could explain in somewhat greater detail what this 'NeXT Amiga' is supposed to do, or why the AmigaOne or Pegasos II are not 'NeXT Amigas', I can write down serious and non-negative answers to your questionnaire. Unfortunately I have a nagging feeling I am not going to get an answer, ever. I should probably stop responding altogether.

While I have similar feelings, I think you should give serious answeres to this thread. If nothing else it will allow us to disscuss the relative merits of each others thoughts :-)

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:-x Why does everybody have more time than me?

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NicoPPC wrote:
Hi !

Just a comment/question:
Where do you find the money and the people to do that

Bye

Carefull Now that is a negative question, AmiDelf doesn't answer those...

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that_punk_guy wrote:
OT:

Worryingly few people in this thread know what a Zipstick is. It is the Amiga joystick, ladies and gentlemen!

Nah... I had a Cheetah 123... and then a Jet fighter thingie.

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AmiDelf wrote:
I thank you all for your contribution to this project. Let the answeres roll inn.

At this time, I am creating a team. If your interested in this project and wants to help out, send me a PM here on www.amiga.org

We need people who/wich knows hardware very well, people with contacts, people who would love to give this project a hand.

And again. Thanks for your contribution. In the end. On Sunday evening, this questions will be taken tougether and reveal what this project is aiming at.

Regards,
Michal, www.amigaworld.org

There are two ways to look at AmiDelf's ideas...

1. He wants an upagraded Clasic Amiga.
2. He wants to build a NextGen machine.

But:-

1. No point, Amiga Hardware is dead, and we have two PPC solutions already (not to mention the countless x86 systems one could use with AROS or emualtion.)

2. That's cool, but then why is he looking at old hardware? He should be thiking about Cell based architectures, ie future technologies. And he would need pots of cash for that or a really good idea.


Which is it?